George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

George Bernard Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950

Topics

ManClimbLongDwellCannotHe

My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He was a musician, a band leader, a wonderful clarinetist and saxophone player.

Joel Grey

LeaderMeStandBandHimWonderful

First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker.

Andrew Bernstein

ValuesFirstHoldRationalThinker

Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.

Robert Lanza

UniverseBiologyTrainWillRole

The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.

Steven Pinker

GreatSimpleMindZeroSlateFact

Well, luckily with animation, fantasy is your friend.

Steven Spielberg

FriendFantasyAnimationWellYour

You know, when we get to a point in this country where dissent is extremism, we've turned, I think, a very dark page in our history. And I don't want us to go there. I encourage Americans and I'm - right now, to go to these town hall meetings, to - to talk to your Congressmen, the people that you elected.

Michael Steele

HistoryPeopleThinkMeetingsYou

Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the people: it's about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don't have the balls to say, 'I believe in this. I don't care what happens.'

Jay-Z

PowerTimePoliticsSupportPeople

If I don't believe I'm the guy that's going to help defeat Cuomo, then I won't go forward.

Chris Gibson

BelieveForwardHelpDefeatGoGuy

Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your allies. The same process is going on today in Canada's much larger and growing industry.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

TodayWarProcessYouCanadaSame

They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role.

Anthony Michael Hall

WorkRespectMeWeekHealthyMy Own

If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.

Wolf Blitzer

GoodTrustYouInformationWillUp

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

William Shakespeare

GodKnowledgeIgnoranceFlyHeaven

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